SHOW OUR LOCAL CHILDREN YOU CARE. When Marisela’s three-year-old son Erick was diagnosed with autism, she couldn’t believe it. While Marisela knew Erick had speech issues and wasn’t potty-trained like other children his age, he didn’t act like children she knew who...

JOIN MATRIX HUMAN SERVICES FOR #GivingTuesday 2018. THE NATIONAL DAY FOR GIVING BACK. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2018 ABOUT GIVING TUESDAY #GivingTuesday is a global day of giving. Observed on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving (in the U.S.) right along with the widely...

The following parent letter highlights the amazing difference our Matrix Head Start teachers are making in the lives and futures of thousands of local Detroit children each and every day! Congratulations to Mrs. Clark and Mrs. Arnold for being recognized for the great...

“You’ve got to go through it to get to it,” says Ebony, a parent volunteer at the Salem Center. Before Matrix, Ebony had been working long hours K-Mart. She liked her job, but as a mother of 7 she struggled to make ends meet. “I wanted to spend...

Susan was once a client seeking the very assistance that she now provides others. After finding herself pregnant at a very young age, she dropped out of college and began working as an office manager to provide for her son. Seven years later, she became a mother of...

Jamila Ford, the lead teacher at Matrix Head Start‘s Care Village Center, strives to provide her students with the best experience possible. After initially wanting to become a journalist, Jamila was motivated by her mother to become a teacher. Jamila also...